VOLUME VI NO. 38.
BRIEF LOCAL MENTIONS.
fVlint l Transplrinsr Around and
About Fh, in Town and County.
- The chin music still continues
in the Senate and has a silver ring
in it.
Mayor Kerner, of Winston, died
on the 25th after an' illness of three
month with typhoid fever.
A dollar is calculated to change
hands a good many, times in a day
if it is kept in your own town.
If the Sewate don't hurry up and
vote the wintry blast will catch the
Thirdite Jerry Simpson without any
socks.
Rev. J. A. Stradley, who was
afflicted last weefcfwith a rising on his
left arm, we are pleased to note is
much improved.
Speaker Crisp downed Czar Reed
the past week on parlamentiary
usage. Well, "chickens are com
ing home to roost."
Farmers can get gold, silver oi
greenbacks in Oxford for all grades
of tobacco, and get the highest aver
age price along with it.
Several tracts of lands advertis
ed for sale in this issue under mort
gage, etc. It would be well for those
interested to take notice,
Master Edward, the bright little
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Jones,
who has been quite sick, we are glad
to note is much improved.
On Thursday for the first time
we had the pleasure of meeting in
ovr office Seymour Hart, one of
the fine looking young men of Oak
Hill Township.
Ye taxpayers, look out, and pay
attention to what Sheriff Cozart has
to say to you elsewhere, and be gov
erned accordingly, as he will not
make but one round.
None better is what B.F.Taylor
says to the people in an advertise
ment to be found elsewhere. Go and
see him if you wish a good buggy at
bed rock, hard time prices.
Oui most worthy friend, H. W.
Kronheimer, has had to go it with
one eye part of the time during the
past week, owing to a painful stye.
We are glad to say Henry is himself
again.
Under the Thirdite reign in South
Carolina, the motto should be "what
you'll take It wpuld be a credit
to the State if the drunken sot Irby
was kicked out of the United States
Senate.
The entertainment announced in
our last issue to be given in aid of
the Baptist Church at Opera House
this Friday night has been postponed
on nccountof thefcprotracted meet
ing at the Methodist church.
Oscar Gregory is at the Concord
Fair this week with "Black Bess''
and his dog, and will no doubt add a
great deal to the entertainment of
the visitors. He will be at Burling
ton Fair next week.
Rev. E. W. Forbes, the venera
ble Episcopal minister, died on the
25th at Beaufort. He was 83 years
ld, and the oldest Episcopal minister
the State, having been in the min
istry over 50 years.
-Nat Whitfield will swing around
the circle 'his year for Hunt & Booth,
and will do his level best to serve the
interest of his friends. Look out for
him farmers as he will be around to
"chin" you about tobacco.
ThVold time Photographer, Mr.
J- D. Brinkley, will return to Oxford
next week, and remain until some
time in December. He will occupy
tfle gallery over the old Grandy store
owned by Col. 0. M, Rogers.
OXFORD, N.
Two of our prominent young I
men, W. A. Deyin, son of Rey. R. I. J
Devin, and Thorn well Lanier, son of
Dr. M. V. Lanier, were granted li
cense to practice law by the Supreme
Court on Friday. We truly .congrat
ulate them upon their success.
The great talker and only Sim
Dean is again with those pleasant
and agreeable gentlemen, Messrs.
Booth & Hunt, where he will be glad
to greet his many friends when
ever they wish to get top of the mar
ket for all grades of tobacco.
Our beloved little friend, Willie
Bradsher, of Tar River, was in town
Saturday, and; presented us with a
nice box of pop corn of his own rais -ing,
and a bag of large sweet pota
toes. He made old man J. P. bring
the potatoes. Thanks manly Willie.
James Washington, col., at Stem
on Wednesday, while feeding the
cane mill of Mr. H. T. Moore, got
his arm caught in a cog wheel and
mangled so badly that amputation
was necessary, Drs. S. D. Booth, T.
L. Booth and J. J. Bryan perform
ing the operation.
The Jumbo Drummer, Mr. R. S.
Williams, has taken the road in the
interest of Wilkinson's Warehouse.
His bass horn will be heard on the
hills and in the valleys of the coun
trv proclaiming that Wilkinson's
Warehouse is just the place to sell
all grades of tobacco at top notch
figures.
Dr. W. H. Wakefield, at Salem,
the expert physician, for the treat"
ment of eye, ear, nose and throat
filled his appointment in Oxford on
Thursday. He stands high in his
profession and we wish him success
in relieving those who may be afflic
ted with the diseases he has made a
special study.
It is a truthful saying that "The
farmer feed them all," but Davis &
Gregory Co. sajTs in another column
that the farmers do not have to put
fodder in the rack for their drum
mers. Their prices are their drum
mers and they ask farmers to ship
them tobacco,issuring the cream of
the market on all grades.
Mr. A. J. Dement, a former
Granville man, came to his old home
in Fishing Creek Thursday on a sad
mission. His daughter, Miss Lula,
who has just bloomed into woman
hood died in Raleigh on Wednesday
last of typhoid fever and her re
mains were brought to Granville for
interment. One of his sons is also
now quite sick with the same disease.
A pair of spectacles was found
on the Raleigh road a week or so
ago in a leather case that had the
name of C. T. Postley, of Durham,
on the said case. Owner can
get them by applying at this office.
If he is a subscriber to the Public
Ledger it will cost nothing to get
them. Do you see the point, if you
don't put on your specks and sub
scribe to the paper.
The revival at Methodist Church
continues to increase in interest, and
large congregation greet the minis
ters. Quite a number of fine ser
mons have been preached during the
past week by Revs. Whitaker, Hard
away, Herman and Thacker. There
has been nine conversions, and the
srlorious work continues. On Sat
urday at 3:30 o'clock p. m. special
service will be held for the children.
in an age of fraud and adulteration, it
Is ceitainly gratifying to know that such
an extensively-used preparation as Ayer's
aarsapanlla may be implicitly relied
upon. It never Tories either in quality,
appearance or e Isct, but is always up to
the standard.
C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1893.
Two correspondents elsewhere
speak of a meeting of the Democrat
ic Executive Committee to consult
about patronage, if there be any to
give out. We have one suggestion
only to make if such a meeting is
held : That the Campaign Committee
composed of Messrs. N. B. Cannady,
John A. Williams and J. C. -Hundley
A. W. Graham should meet with the
Committee in consultation for the
best interest of the party.
Mr. W. T. Allen and his daughter,
Miss Nannie, were in town on Tues
day looking after the effects of the
late Mr. R. L. Allen. The family is
so sadly stricken with grief that we
all deeply sympathize with them in
their bereavement. We can give
them this consolation, that there
never was a more honorable young
man ever lived in Oxford than Bob
Allen. He had a high sense of honor
and above a little or mean thing,
courteous and high toned, winning
the respect and esteem of our people.
IN MEMORI AM.
"Beyond the Rmlhns and the Weep
ins." s
"Death is in the world and The
Spoiler is among the works of the
Almighty." The silver cord has
been loosed and the spirit of Lucy
Wright Gregory, daughter of Major
N. A. and Mrs. Laura M. Gregory,
has returned unto God who gave it.
She passed away in Oxford, N. C,
on Sunday morning, Sept. 24th, 1893,
at 6:30 o'clock, after an illness of
only five days. During her last sick
ness she was surrounded by loving
relatives and friends and tender and
affectionate hands ministered unto
her.
Truly one of earths brighest and
sweetest flowers has faded and ceas
ed to shed its fragrance to gladden
and sweeten its surroundings. Her
character was lovable in all of its
parts. Thoroughly unselfish, she
was ever mindful of the pleasure and
happiness of others. Patient and
submissive under afflictions and
trials, she looked to the Great Foun
tain of all happiness for com
fort and consolation. Charitable
in her every expression, no one
ever heard her speak unkindly of an
other. A kind word or silence was
her inflexible rule.
Loving and dutifnl as a daughter,
affectionate and tender as a sister,
true and devoted as a friend, bright
and interesting as a companion, she
will long be cherished by those who
knew her, and her loss will be sorely
felt. Just such lives are the ones to
make easier the rough and rugged
pathway of life. She seemed always
to bear in mind that
"Day after day, as the swift hours fall,
We are hanging pictures in memory's hall.
The painter is ready, and dark or fair,
Our thoughts and acts are pictured there;
And bye and bye, when lite i3 done,
We'll have to review them one by one.
If the pictures are dark, Oh ! sad our fate,
We cannot erase them 'tis forever too late,
Then our only hope is to live to the right.
That all of memory's pictures may be bright."
A few hours before the final sum
mons came she was heard to whisper
a selection from God's Holy Word,
and the night before she sang a verse
of a favorite hymn,
Surely we must believe that she
was prepared to meet the great
Judge Eternal. While her loss is
deeply mourned by relatives and
friends, they have the sweet assu
ranee that she was faithful unto the
end, and I would commend unto
them that they strive to imitate her
noble and glorious example. Blessed
thought to have so lived as to be
ready to die. R.
Japanese Liver Pellets cure bilious
ness, sour stomach and all kidney and
liver troubles. Small and mild. Sold
by J. G. Hall.
PURELY PERSONAL.
Brief Mention of the movements of
Tofar Friends and Acquaintances.
W. T. Adams, of Dutchville,
called to see us Wednesday.
r Mr. J. H. Painter, of Culbreth,
called at this office Tuesday.
The pleasant R. W. Longmire,
of Wilton, paid us a visit Friday.
Mrs. L. E. Amis, of Stovall, is
visiting Col. and Mrs. Amis in Ox
ford. Mrs. Mamie Hargrove returned
last Friday from a pleasant visit to
Chicago.
Mrs. Herbert Hicks has return
ed from spending several weeks in
Michigan.
Miss Susie Gulick, of Columbia,
S. C, is visiting the Misses Gregory
on College street.
Mr. J. H. Meadows, of Durham,
was on our streets Tuesday and we
enjoyed a visit from him.
Mr. A. W, Graham returned
Monday from a trip to Louisville,
Ky., and Washington, D. C.
Messrs. D, C. Parks, of Hills
boro, and R. 1. Rogers, of Durham
were on our streets Saturday.
Mrs. Bullock, mother of Mr.
John Bullock, and Mrs. J. H. Bragg,
of Stem, yisited Oxford this week.
Messrs. J. T. Ragan, of Berea,
and I. N. Hobgood, of Sunset, were
pleasant callers at this office Friday.
Mr. J. F. Edwards returned from
Chicasro on r ridav night, ne re-
ports a pleasant visit to the Lake
City.
Miss Ruth Ferrabee, one of Ox
ford's charming Misses, lefton Tues
day for Philadelphia where she will
enter school.
We were pleased to have a visit
on Saturday from Mr. Junius Dicker
son, son of Mr. S. T. Dickerson, who
now makes Nash county his home.
Messrs. W. J. Badgett, B. F.
Currin and William Currin, of Sun
set, visited town on Thursday, and it
was our pleasure to meet them in
our office.
Mr. John Hopkins, Misses Roxie
Stem and Hallie Jones, of Stem, and
Miss Ella Pool, of Buffalo, spent
several days last week with the
Misses Longmire.
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Crews, of
Tar River, C. W. Conway, of Wil
ton, Wiley Nevils, of Mt. Energy,
and Wm. Shelburn, of Durham, vis
ited Oxford Monday.
Mr. G. B. Hopkins, of Stem, E.
I. Kimball and Master W. A. Kim
ball, of Kimball's Mill, W. Raker, of
Cornwall, and Sam Callis, of Dab
ney, visited our sanctum on Satur
day. Captain and Mrs. R. H. Powell
and children have returned from a
delightful visit to Warren and the
Captain is now at his post on the O.
& H. road. He is not mashed on the
new schedule.
Messrs. J. F. Cole, of Sunset, A.
P. Overton, of Wilton, Henry Rob
ards, of Fishing Creek, H. R. Gooch
and son, of Hesters, J. J. Meadows,
of Culbreth, H. E. Renn, of Fishing
Creek, B. F. Hester, of Walnut
Grove, and Sam Crews, of Salem,
were on our streets Friday.
Our venerable friend, Dudley
Johnson, of Hampton, was in town
Friday and made the heart of the
editor beat with gratitude as he de
posited a fine lot of sweet potatoes
and apples in a box for our use. We
assure our most worthy friend that
his gift is highly appreciated.
$1.50 PER ANNUM.
Marvin Minor succeeds James
Osborn as clerk at the Osborn House.
Mrs. T. J. Pittard of Bullock,, is
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John W.
Hunt. v
Messrs. J. F. Currin, of Enon,
j Ed. Pruitt, of Sunset, and Milton
Blalock, of Culbreth, was in town
Thursday.
Col. Henry Wilkinson has re
turned from his summer outing in
Virginia and is as lively as a 14,
year old boy.
Messrs. J. M. Phipps, of Berea,
G. D. Pittard and Duncan Ferrabow,
of Stem, S. VV. and A. J. Dickerson,
Rufus Brummitt, O. Brummitt, J. Y.
Longmire and W. M. Bradford, of
Fishing Creek, J. F. Cannadj', of
Wilton, J. F. Meadows and Stephen
Jones, of Culbreth, and A. M. Greg-
ory, of Salem, were in Oxford Satur
dav. Deserving: Praise.
We desire to say to our citizens that
for years we lav been selling Dr. King's
New Life Pill's Bucklen'd Arnica Salve
and Electric Bitters, and have never
handled remedies that sell as well, or
that have given such universal satisfac
tion. We do not hesitate to guarantee
them every time, and we stand ready to
refund the purchase price if satisfactory
results do not follow their use. These
remedies have won their great popularity
purely on their merits. ' J. O. Hall, drug
gist. 4i
We off,?r the folio vm grtods at cost.
Hamai-wks I '.e Cream Fi-eezsrs. Refrig
erator, Cider Mills, Apple Pealers.
Now is the time to secure bargains.
Sept,29 tf Edwards & Winston -
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Itch on human and horsespas all an!
nials (Hired in B0 minutes by Wool ford's
iianitarv Lotiou. This never falls. Sold
V .1. O. flail. Druggist, Oxford, N. C.
Death or Robert Ij. Allen.
Seldom has death chosen as its
victim a young man of kinder heart
or more genial manners than when it
aimed its remorseless dart at Robert
L. Allen, who died at the residence
of his father,. Mr. W. T. Allen about,
8 miles from Oxford on the 25th of
September. This young man had
been living in Oxford for some time
engaged in the tobacco business.
He had made a host of friends by
his genial and pleasant manners.
Some time ago he was taken sick
and under the advice of his physi
cian he was removed to the paternal
roof. He seemed to improve for a
while but later on became worse and
soon his symptoms grew to an alarm
ing extent until death came to close
the scene. Alas that one so young,
so worthy and so much esteemed
should be thus early cut down just
as entering on the threshhold of life.'
His father and mother and family
have our words of sympathy.
He was an Odd Fellow and was
buried by that order after its rites
and ceremonies. The pall bearers
were W. M. Gulick, H. L. Skinner,
W. B. Ballou. D. C. Hunt, F. O,
Landis and A- T. Smith who were
his friends and companions '. and
sadly perfoimed that last office over
his remains. The interment took
place at his home where the Rev.
Ernest Thacker performed the min
isterial.services on the mournful oc
casion of his burial.
When Baby was sk, we gare ner vft.tvU.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
Only 1 wo of Each.
Two very strong Columbus Buggies.
Two Elegant Canopy Top Surrles. New
Styles will sen at (Jost tor uasn. jtuhv
Cj TTT .
. warrAnted.
J3jD WARDS Cu WINSTON,
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